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me talking to a man: i know. i know. yeah i know. i know. i’m aware. yes i already know that

I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because “romantic” doesn’t mean “sugary”. It’s dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain.

Catherine Breillat  (via mermaidveins)

Elif Batuman on feeling like everyone around you seeming so much more formed and opinionate.

Hand kissing is sacred, high romance and I think we need to revive it

Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid’s Garden 1904

Psyche Opening the Golden Box 1903

By John William Waterhouse

Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales- Edited and Illustrated by Charles W Stuart. Folio Society 1997

The nymphaeum - 1878 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Neoclassicism.

DREW BARRYMORE Poison Ivy, 1992